COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What Is the Premise of the  Hawthorne Effect

question 105

Multiple Choice

COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT What is the premise of the  Hawthorne Effect?

• A) productivity improves during observation
• B) the more activities are added to a project, the later the project will be
• C) people give better answers during one-on-one interviews
• D) modifications to the information system should be based on research

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Definitions:

Nonstage Theory

A theory suggesting that development or cognition does not progress through fixed stages, but rather continuously.

Heuristics

Simple, efficient rules, learned or hard-wired by evolutionary processes, that help in making decisions, forming judgments, or solving problems.

Structural

Pertaining to the physical or logical arrangement of a system's parts.

Preoperational Stage

The second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, typically occurring between ages 2 and 7, characterized by the development of language and the ability to think symbolically, yet struggling with logic or understanding the viewpoint of others.